Abstract
Background: Contracture release surgeries are done to correct functional impairment, pain or discomfort, recurrent ulceration and cosmetic challenges associated with contractures across joints and mobile structures such as the eyelids.
Highlights
Contracture is a clinical term, meaning a decrease in passive range of motion at mobile parts of the body or across joints, which may be the result of excessive fibrosis or due to loss of length in muscle or peri-articular connective tissues with increased stiffness in these structures
The record showed the highest number of post burn contracture release surgeries in ages below 3 years while the least was observed in ages between 41 and 60 years
Palmodigital contracture release procedures recorded the highest (30%), followed by elbow (16%) and mento-sternal (13%) contractures
Summary
Contracture is a clinical term, meaning a decrease in passive range of motion at mobile parts of the body or across joints, which may be the result of excessive fibrosis or due to loss of length in muscle or peri-articular connective tissues (cartilage, capsule and ligaments) with increased stiffness in these structures. They develop when normal elastic connective tissues are replaced with inelastic fibrous tissue [1]. Contracture release surgeries are done to correct functional impairment, pain or discomfort, recurrent ulceration and cosmetic challenges associated with contractures across joints and mobile structures such as the eyelids
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